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ER visit (level 4) at UPMC Altoona
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA · UPMC · · NPI 112418570
$1,012.20
Cash price
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,687.00
Gross charge
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$123.00 with Aetna vs $1,349.60 with Private Health Care Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
| Payer | Plan | Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Medicaid | $123.00 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $129.15 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $135.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $141.98 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $168.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $170.96 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $185.48 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $192.02 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $209.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $445.60 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $448.50 | ↓ -56% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $488.69 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $843.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $843.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $843.50 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $864.76 | ↓ -15% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $894.11 | ↓ -12% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $927.85 | ↓ -8% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $1,349.60 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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ER visit (level 4) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $645.60 | $100.10 – $968.40 |